Friday, March 5, 2010

Harvey's birthday is today, March 5! He's 23 years old. We celebrate on Saturday the 6th. Harv has traditionally gotten a 1/2 sheet carrot cake, which is shared with the other boarders. This year I need a plan B cake. Why? Last week another horse at our barn turned 23, and his owner brought the most glorious carrot cake ever. It was mounded with cream cheese icing and I gorged on the caloric gooey goodness. Harvey got the cake part. It was just blissful, but at this point Harv and I had our fill of carrot cake. What to do?

A different kind of cake? I thought about red velvet cake. Light, moist, lovely to look at, but the flavor? I don't know. Maybe.

Brownies? Nope. Theobromine in chocolate is bad for horses, and chocolate can causes horses to test positive in drug tests.

Cookies? Not very birthday-like.

Banana bread? Downright unattractive, and no icing.

A healthy non-dessert? Yeah, right.

Harv's 23rd birthday indulgence needs to be special. And I found the answer...

Aw man! I'm just getting over a nasty head/sinus cold - I'm not supposed to be thinking about sweets yet! But between the carrot cake (yum!), red velvet cake (double yum!) and petit fours (can.not.look!) I am dying for a treat that will do nothing to bring my health back up to speed, LOL! Hope Harvey enjoyed his birthday, and that you got some video!